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County Statistics Current county list: 428
Top county lister: 397 (Ron Thorn; 93%)
Top Big Year: 304 in 2001 (Ron Thorn)
Top Big Day: 179 on 30 Apr 1977
(P.J. Metropulos; S.F. Bailey, L.C. Binford, B. Sauppe) 
"Best Bird": Smew (19 Dec 1981-18 Feb 1982, returned following two winters)
Close second: Least Auklet (15 June 1981 Thornton SB) 
Contenders: Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Chuck-will's-widow, Rustic Bunting 
Compiler for North American Birds: Peter J. Metropulos
2940 Turk Boulevard
San Francisco, CA 94118 
pjmetrop@pacbell.net
Statistics last updated 6/02; see "explanations of county statistics" for details. Thank you to Bert McKee, Peter Metropulos, and Ron Thorn for supplying some of the information here.

Bird Clubs
Sequoia Audubon Society

Birding Sites
Pigeon Point - Seawatching
San Mateo County Coastal Sites
San Francisco Bay Trail - Interactive map
Birding the San Francisco Bay Trail - pdf map and birding sites.
Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District - interactive map
Edgewood Natural Preserve
Redwood Shores - interactive map
Ano Nuevo State Reserve
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
San Mateo County State Parks
Bean Hollow State Beach
Half Moon Bay State Beach
Pillar Point Harbor
Tunitas Creek Mouth
Montara State Beach
Pigeon Point Light Station
San Gregorio State Beach
San Pedro Valley Park
Sweeney Ridge
Fitzgerald Marine Reserve
Phipps Ranch

Other Birding Resources
Northern California Bird Box
San Francisco Bay Area Birding Calendar
Silicon Valley Birders
Coyote Point Museum
Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve
Common Murre Restoration Project - Devils Slide
Pescadero Conservation Alliance
Friends of Bayfront Park
San Mateo County Checklist - Peter Metropulos
Checklist for Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Birds of Año Nuevo State Reserve
Endangered Species
San Mateo County Birders - Mailing list
Half Moon Bay Snowy Plovers - Mailing list

Recommended Reference
San Francisco Peninsula Birdwatching - Sequoia Audubon Society (1996)

Please send corrections, additions or updates to Joe Morlan: jmorlan@ccsf.org

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